Quest: Book 2 Page 6

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  "I think, it's your own body to cause the current situation like this," Auntie spirit speaks to me , "maybe you can't pass this obstacle for life."

  "That means," I look at auntie, "I can't use any forth grade or over magic for life?"

  "It's just like it that way," auntie says, "it's not a good news for you, I hope that you can face that."

  "That's not a problem." I laugh and scratch my head, "compared with that I can't use any magic before, it's already much better like this."

  "It's great to see that you can figure it out." auntie smiles, "now we should think about some ways to solve the problems like this."

  "You mean... I still can have other ways?"

  "Yes, maybe it's still a bit too early for you," auntie says, "but auntie still hopes that you can make some progresses."

  "What kind of ways?"

  Auntie brings out a yellow brochure, she put it into my hands solemnly. I don't know any words on the brochure.

  "What's this? Auntie?"

  "This is our elf's every clan elder's handwritings of magic. There are no profound magic in it." Auntie says, "but every clan elder writes down her knowledge and understanding about the magic in it, it covers from the first grade to the top grade magic."

  "Then, this ... This must... Be..."

  "Yes. This is the Brochure of the Elves Handwriting."

  "But... This is the elves' treasure." I speak difficultly, "why can I learn from it?"

  "This is not the idea all by my own." Auntie's eyes are bright and gentle, "it's a decision made by all the elders, you don't need to think anything else now, just read this brochure well!"

  "But I don't know any of these words!"

  "Wensly can help you for that."

  I sit by the lakeside with Wensly, Wensly holds the brochure in her hands, she reads aloud word by word to me.

  "What kind of written language it is?" I ask, "how come I don't know any of it at all?"

  "Do you really want to know? Heh heh."

  "Yes. I want to know."

  "Hey hey, I don't tell you. I... Just... Don't... Tell... You!!"

  "Huh! You fool me?" I pretend to be ferocious and ruthless.

  "Alright, alright. Let me tell you!" Wensly is made to laugh by my appearance, “do you know that the female has the very rank in the elves?"

  "I know about this."

  "Because every clan elder is a female, thus this brochure is written in Female Elf Writing."

  "Female Elf Writing?"

  "Yes, it's a kind of writing by the females in the elves. Thus even this brochure is lost to the outside world, there will be nobody can understand what is on it."

  "...... I know this now, you can start to read the first grade magic..."

  Wensly reads it out to me, when we gets to the difficulties, she will stop and study with me, she will show me the example anything I don't understand. She will look for auntie if she happen don't know, she will look for the elders if auntie is out... No mater what kind of magic, she will make sure that I totally understand.

  Under their helps, I finally understand the magic's real principle. To a magician, he doesn't release the magic by his own power. If doing so, even a great magician can not hold too much longer.

  The point to release the magic is to set off the existed magic elements around with the own magic power. For example, to release a fire class magic, you must make sure that you have enough fire elements around you. And then you need to make a decision what shape you're going to use, a fire ball or a fire wall. Finally you have to gather them with the existed magic power as the tinder, and give it the control. The more complex shape of the magic, the higher requirement for the magician's magic power.

  My magic power is far not enough, to use the forth grade magic is totally out of my reach. Thus the elves elders strengthen my magic exercises under the forth grade, it kind of makes me remember the days when I lived with uncle Webber. No, it's even on top of that. But another side, because I have so many pretty "Aunties" to exercise with me, thus... my progress is seen by everyone.

  First, the combination of my magic and fighting skill reach to a very harmonious degree. I can hack the knife down with my right hand and release the magic with my left hand at the same time. And then, influenced by the flexible battle skills and wide range physics knowledge of my former life, there is nobody can reach me on the magic release and the defense flexibility.

  Talk about the flexibility, in this world, the rank of the rules and the authorities is to high. Once somebody makes the rule, the others will only follow, they just want to work hard, work hard, work hard to go after. Every one wants to climb to the top. But nobody wants to think whether the rule is right, whether it fits himself. Don't even talk about to surpass it. Like many modern countries, they do no dare to break the frames, the result? They got passed by the countries behind them.

  No matter in the elementary, the high school, or the army... the education that I had in the former life was dare to progress, dare to doubt and dare to surpass! Don't trust the authority, that's the obstacle for the development! No development, there will be no progress. No progress, well, you will get insulted, bullied and oppressed.

  There are so many people to excise with me, there are so many full and accurate data for me to study right now, I don't have any reason not to throw all myself into it...

  Without any notice, the weather is changing slowly, the clothes are getting thicker...

  "Kone, take a break." Wensly wipes the sweat off from my head.

  I stick the knife onto the ground and drink the water in big gulp.

  "Mama said," Wensly says, "your father has a letter."

  "What did he say?" I breath deeply, I exercised with the elf's archers for almost an hour, I feel so great!

  "He said," Wensly points her finger on my forehead, "it's time for you to go home."

  "Well?" I wrinkle my eyebrows, "this soon?"

  "Soon? It's almost spring now!"

  "Oh, right! That's right, huh huh."

  "I think, when you get back to them now, they will not believe their eyes for what they see ."

  "Why?"

  "Don't you know yourself? Hey hey," Wensly's smile is like a blossoming flower, “you are getting stronger and taller.”

  "Mmm, then," I walk closer and speak to her ear, "it shouldn't be a problem to snatch Wensly away?"

  “What are you talking about?" Wensly gets her face blushed, "did you drink?"

  This period of time lately, my former life's character and behavior are showing more and more obviously. Maybe it is the instinct, I always have some jokes with Wensly, and Wensly after get her face blushed many times, the words which she just said are what she thought of to deal with me.

  "Seeing you getting more and more beautiful, I have the feeling of peril full of my heart." I said, “shouldn't I go to ask auntie to let you…”

  "You do drink too much!" Wensly has a jump, she pushes me behind my back, "my mom asks you to go to her there!"

  "Yeah!" I laugh loudly, "it seems like that this is a good chance!"

  "If you dare to say some nonsense in my mom there," Wensly says, "I will not play with you any more..."

  After a long talk with auntie, I know the most updated situations outside of here now. The Saint capital adds up the consecrations in every county, normally it is the three times. This kind of appearance only has one explanation, that is the Saint Temple which we have our believes in is planning and organizing, they are going to get ready for a war.

  "Thus, it's very important for you to have the title and fiefdom this time." auntie says, "within the Empire right now, there are not that many right land to confer you. This time you go to the Saint Capital, you must fight for a territory that it's better, bigger, and far away from the battlefield."

  "But will Your Majesty confer me a land like that?" I ask, "my two brothers' territories are very small."

  "There is no one can match the trust that Your Majesty put on your fami
ly. In the month of your birthday, there are only two men conferred. If you try hard and succeed, you'll get this land right." auntie points her finger on a map, "it's between the Dark Forest and the Death Sea, you can see the Dark Moon city right from there! Do you know what all these mean?"

  "That means," I raise my head and look at her, "my fiefdom will connect with my father's as a whole!"

  "That's right!" auntie looks at me with praising sight, "if it is successful, not only our elves, but the wing-men, the dwarves, the sand-men, the blood-sucking vampires and other races who live in here can avoid to get into the war!"

  "It's like this?" I ask auntie, "who is the another guy going to be conferred with me at the same time?"

  "Your father says," auntie pauses a bit, "your old friend, the Prime Minister's second miss Lisa's cousin, Ricard!"

  "Has he gotten his leg well?" I have my heart sour for a moment, "why must this guy be always fighting for something with me?"

  "I heard that he graduated from the Royal Institute with a very excellent score." auntie speaks to me with a serious expression, "you must be very careful!"

  "I know... I know..." I stand up, my hands can't help grasping the window tightly, my eyes stare at the sunset outside of the window, "I know..."

  I am speaking some meaningless words, when I look down, I find that Wensly is hiding under the window to listen to us.

  I have my mouth wide open and look at Wensly, Wensly looks back at me stunned, and then I hear the sound "whoosh", Wensly runs away...

  …………

  I dress up and get ready to go!!

  I look at Wensly and smile, Wensly put on a solemn face and not deal with me.

  "Auntie!" I speak to auntie spirit, "I'm leaving now."

  "Be careful on the road!" auntie says, "let Wensly see you off, that will be not that great to get lost again."

  Wensly pouts her lips, she is a bit unwilling to walk in front of me, I have the great pleasure in my heart. When I think of her expression like a kitty when she was under the window, I just want to laugh.

  "It's all your fault." Wensly turns back and speaks to me, "you made me to get caught!"

  "Hey hey!"

  "What are you laughing at?"

  "Don't try to beat me up!" I try hard to hold my laugh back, "who let you to go listening under the window?"

  "You!" Wensly turns back and not speaks any more.

  "That's the exit in front there, you can walk back right from there!"

  "Don't get angry!" I stand by Wensly and say, "you look, the Ice Tear stone that you gave to me is always hung on my necklace."

  Holding the Ice Tear stone which still has my body temperature on, Wensly finally shows some smiles on her face.

  "Hmm," she says, "if you dare to lose it... You will be very miserable..."

  "I know!" I hold Wensly's hands up, "right at this moment, don't you have anything else want to say to me?"

  "Yes!" Wensly has some foxy lights in her eyes, "take good care of yourself!"